Transit
How the North Bay moves: SMART, highways, ferries, and who pays for them.
Monday, October 12, 2026
PETALUMA
SMART's Measure B win locks in $51 million a year through 2059
Voters extended the quarter-cent sales tax with more than 70 percent in June. The train now has a 30-year funding runway, and a 30-year argument about what to do with it.
Samuel Okonkwo, Transit & Infrastructure reporter · September 24, 2026
SAN FRANCISCO
The Bay Area's big transit tax is on the November ballot. The North Bay is not in it
Senate Bill 63 authorizes a five-county Connect Bay Area measure for November 3. Marin, Sonoma, Napa and Solano are outside the district, riders of the regional system anyway.
Samuel Okonkwo, Transit & Infrastructure reporter · September 20, 2026